Re: How to replace pattern with shell command's output using matched pattern

I'm just curious, is the file being otherwise edited in vim?  I usually just use less to view logs, in which case, a command line filter would be more efficient (for me).

If you're writing a report, makes sense to keep it in vim.

On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 11:23:28 AM UTC-4 Tim Chase wrote:

On 2021-09-04 14:07, Andreas Perstinger wrote:
> Alternatively, without using an external command:
>
> :%s_^\[\(\d\+\)_\="[" . strftime("%c", submatch(1))_

This is much better than the suggestion I gave, keeping it all
internal to vim. To clean it up, I'd tweak it to

:%s/\[\zs\d\+\ze\]/\=strftime("%c", submatch(0))

-tim

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